“It sets a dangerous precedent for the federal government to go after a good company and put American jobs at risk without a single instance of actual or likely consumer harm,” said Cause of Action Institute Assistant Vice President Patrick Massari, who is representing D-Link against the FTC. “If the FTC can bring a lawsuit…

Mirai already has enough fodder to sustain it for years—and more susceptible products roll off of assembly lines every day. As the report adds, Mirai “has inspired a renaissance” in IoT vulnerability exploitation. In the meantime, expect more mayhem. Source: The Mirai Botnet Isn’t Easy to Defeat | WIRED

Columnist Christopher Mims says the recent cyberattack that rendered more than 1,200 websites unreachable was a warning. Experts say a similar, or larger, attack could be launched tomorrow, and we’d be powerless to prevent it. Source: America Isn’t Ready for a Cyberattack – WSJ

Unprecedented DDoS attacks are powered by IoT machines like connected CCTV cameras. And at least one journalist has been censored as a result. Source: How Hacked Cameras Are Helping Launch The Biggest Attacks The Internet Has Ever Seen